A/N: I do Not own Skip Beat.

Hi! So this story was inspired by MangaAddict2688's request for the song Young Girl in my Daydreamer's Playlist series of one-shots. As you can all see, this is definitely not a one-shot.

It was a lot of fun to write, and I hope all of you enjoy reading it.

Chapter 1

Today was a very special day for Kyoko. She was currently sitting in L.A. Hearts waiting for her most favorite person in the world, Moko-san. Kanae actually called up the energetic girl and asked to meet with her. This was the first time ever, and Kyoko was so very eager to see what her best friend wanted.

So excited in fact that she was 40 minutes early, but she didn't mind waiting. She ordered some agedashi tofu and snacked on the small squares of deep fried tofu while she let her mind wander at the possibilities. Perhaps she wanted to go shopping? Or maybe Kanae wanted her advice on something.

Kanae walked into the little café searching for her bright haired friend, the moment she spotted her a huge smile spread across her lips.

"Kyoko!" Her hand rose up high in the air waving at her as she called out her name across the restaurant. Kyoko rose up from her seat as Kanae weaved around the other tables to her. The moment she arrived to the table, Kanae spread her arms open and embraced her to which Kyoko returned the hug with as much enthusiasm.

"How is my bestest friend in the world?" Moko sat on the same side of the booth as Kyoko and the waitress came over to take her order.

"Oh! I want the ice cream sundae, but it's too much!" Kanae looked over to Kyoko with big puppy dog eyes and asked, "Share it with me, Kyoko?"

"Of course, Moko-san," Kyoko replied. Kanae cheered, and they hugged once more...

The image sitting in the booth was frightening. Do I really have to sit with this girl? Kanae watched Kyoko in the booth with her eyes closed, sparkles and flowers surrounding her from whatever she was thinking about. Kanae sighed. This girl was her best friend. She would do anything for her, but how she wished Kyoko was a little more down to earth.

Kanae plopped down in the booth across from her and waited for Kyoko to come out of her delusions. The waitress came over asking Kanae for her order.

"Sushi set C but replace the ume maki with more of the spicy tuna and water please." Kanae's voice seemed to have snapped Kyoko out of her hallucination, because she opened her eyes and waited until Kanae was done ordering.

"Moko-san! How are you," Kyoko seemed to have screamed those words in her usual cheery fashion.

"I'm right here. You don't have to scream," Kanae snapped as she placed her napkin on her lap. "I'm good, eager to get this meeting out of the way."

"This is a meeting?" Kyoko's voice sounded so sad. Kanae looked up and could see the tears about to fall.

"No, the meeting we have to go to in 30 minutes with Sawara-san. You remember that right?"

Kyoko had to take a moment but then nodded. "So then why did you want to meet with me now?"

"I thought we could have lunch together." Kanae blushed lightly and let her hair fall in front of her face. The waitress came by and dropped off her plate of sushi.

"Really, Moko-san? That is wonderful." Kyoko's smile was like staring into the sun; it often blinded her.

"Umm, excuse me," Kyoko gestured to the waitress, "Could I have the same as hers but without the substitution, please?" The waitress nodded and Kyoko said her thanks.

"Didn't you already eat?" Kanae motioned to the dirty plate that was being taken away.

"Oh that was from earlier, I was here kind of early." Kyoko blushed.

Kanae eyed her suspiciously. "How early?"

"Hmmmm… about an hour." She smiled brightly with a small flush to her cheeks. Kanae groaned a little but dismissed it.

The lunch progressed with chitchat provided mostly by Kyoko with small flashes of smiles and chuckles from the more reserved friend across the table. Soon it was time to head upstairs to Sawara's desk.

"Ah, ladies, I'm glad you came both made it." Sawara riffled through some papers on his very busy desk and held out a piece of paper to Kyoko. Kyoko took the sheet and started reading it over.

"Kyoko-chan, you have been offered a guest part on Kanae-chan's TV drama, Take the Lead," Sawara continued.

"KYAAAAAA!" Kyoko flung herself into the air, wrapped her arms around Kanae and screamed, "WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER, MOKO-SAN!"

"MO! GET OFF!" Kanae was trying to shove the girl off with little success.

"Does this mean you accept the role, Kyoko-chan?" Sawara asked.

Kyoko nodded furiously. "YES!" Kanae was on the floor trying to relearn how to breathe.

"Excellent. The director really wanted you to play her little sister after he saw you as Natsu. They may have you color your hair to match hers and probably wear contacts, but I'm sure the make-up artist will tell you all that."

"Natsu?" Kyoko asked innocently.

"Yeah, my character's sister is living with my father in the show. My parents are divorced, and she is coming to visit. She is a horribly spoiled girl and is extremely jealous of me," Kanae explained as she finally stood up after getting the blood flow back to the lower half of her body.

Kyoko squeaked which brought Kanae's attention back to her. She was on the verge of tears, her eyes were wide and shinny and her lower lip was trembling.

"I could never hate you, Moko-san!" Kyoko let the first few fat tears run down her face.

"Mo… You should have read what role you were getting yourself into! I was worried that they were going to offer you this role when they called us both in. I knew they were going to do casting for it soon." She patted her friend's head gently in a comforting way.

"Mooookoooo-saaaaaan!" It took everything she had to keep Kyoko from hurling herself into another fatal embrace. "I wanted to work with you again!"

"I want to work with my rival too." She smiled knowingly as she continued, "I know my rival will provide the best evil little sister ever known to the world." Kanae let her eyes glance at the girl beside her, who had grown very quiet.

Kanae smiled a challenging smile. "So let's see what you can do, Rival." Her demeanor was dark but excited when her eyes finally reached Kyoko's dark, hungry, determined gold eyes.

***Agedashi Tofu - Silken (kinugoshi) firm tofu, cut into cubes, is lightly dusted with potato starch or cornstarch and then deep fried until golden brown. It's then served in a hot tentsuyu broth made of dashi, mirin, and shō-yu (Japanese soy sauce), and topped with finely chopped negi (a type of spring onion), grated daikon or katsuobushi also known as bonito flakes(dried fish) are sprinkled on top.